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	International Reply Coupons are collectible
		Another bird, with International Reply Coupons as wings, was pictured on Switzerland Scott 9O14, a 120-centime stamp issued in 1983 for the official use of the international bureau of the Universal Postal Union.
		When the coupon is taken to the post office to be redeemed, whether in the United States or in some other country, it is postmarked at right by the redeeming postal clerk, who then keeps it and provides the correct amount of postage.
		IRCs that demonstrate an intriguing aspect of postal history, such as the coupon from Germany's offices in Turkey, are particularly nice additions to a collection.
	www.linns.com /howto/refresher/IRC_20000515/refreshercourse.asp (1193 words)

	International Reply Coupon
		IRCs are accepted and available in all Universal Postal Union (UPU) member countries.
		So you can purchase an IRC instead from your local post office, and send it to them; they can then take it to a post office in their own country, and use it to send it back to you.
		IRCs can also be used as international currency for small transactions, since they have at least a small nominal value in all UPU member countries.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/in/International_Reply_Coupon.html (191 words)

	International reply coupon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The collector would include an IRC so as not to inconvenience the kind person by making them pay postage, as the kind person is already granting the collector a favor by giving him the lace, the object of his or her collecting passion.
		IRCs are often requested when a ham radio operator or shortwave radio listener wishes to send a reception report in order to receive a QSL card - the IRC will cover postage.
		IRCs were at the heart of what may be the greatest scam of all time, the Ponzi scheme.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/International_Reply_Coupon (604 words)

	N6HB: An INTERNATIONAL REPLY COUPON Primer
		An IRC is a coupon that may be redeemed for airmail postage of a standard 20 gram letter anywhere in the world.
		In fact, Section 372.1 of the USPS International Mail Manual states, "The period of exchange of international reply coupons issued by the Universal Postal Union on or after January 1, 1975, is unlimited." This is in sharp contrast to the imprinted expiration date on the new IRCs.
		These newest IRCs also have a new look: two fingers about to touch, framed in a postage stamp, this image inspired by the famous Michelangelo work adorning the Sistine Chapel ceiling symbolizes the notions of communication and exchange that the International Reply Coupon represents.
	n6hb.org /s-a/irc.htm (690 words)

	International Reply Coupons (IRCs) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		International Reply Coupons, or IRCs, are a way for people to prepay the postage for something mailed from another country without sending currency through the mail.
		These coupons are supposed to be accepted as payment for postage in any post office of a UPU member country, although some post offices may rarely - if ever - see these coupons, and may not know what to do with them.
		Officially, a single coupon is supposed to be sufficient to send an envelope from one country to another through international airmail, although in some countries two coupons are required.
	www.geocities.com /wd9ewk/irc.html (377 words)

	International Reply Coupon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The period of exchange of international reply coupons issued by the Universal Postal Union on or after January 1, 1975, is unlimited.
		Reply coupons may be requisitioned by Post Office facilities in the same manner as postage stamps.
		Reply coupons formerly issued by the Postal Union of the Americas and Spain are no longer valid.
	users3.ev1.net /~kingb/queenb67/international_reply_coupon.htm (524 words)

	3 Special Services (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		International postal money order service is available to transfer funds to individuals or firms in countries that have entered into agreements with the United States Postal Service for the exchange of postal money orders.
		The sender of a letter may prepay a reply by purchasing reply coupons that are sold and exchangeable for postage stamps by postal administrations in member countries of the Universal Postal Union.
		Reply coupons may be requisitioned by Post Office facilities in the same manner as postage stamps.
	pe.usps.com /text/imm/immc3_007.html (2556 words)

	Deutsche Post \| Letters \| International reply coupon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		International reply coupon - the postage coupon for use in foreign countries
		International reply coupons are accepted at Deutsche Post retail outlets for payment of the postage on priority standard mail items sent abroad (e.g.
		If you add an international reply coupon to your shipment, the recipient can exchange it abroad for the postage on a standard letter (in Germany, the franking is provided in the form of the franking impression "Entgelt bezahlt / Taxe percue").
	www.deutschepost.de /dpag?check=yes&lang=de_EN&xmlFile=923 (168 words)

	Universal Postal Union > What we do >> International reply coupons
		When one writes to a stranger and requests a reply, it is considered polite to enclose a self-addressed stamped envelope.
		As the service began before the days of airmail, the earliest coupons could only be redeemed for a single-rate ordinary postage stamp to a foreign country.
		In terms of today's UPU Convention, International reply coupons (IRC) are exchangeable in all member countries for the minimum postage of a priority item or an unregistered airmail letter sent to a foreign country.
	www.upu.int /irc/en/index.shtml (220 words)

	DE POST / LA POSTE - Shipping options
		The international reply coupon is a practical way of corresponding with friends or family abroad when you want to save them the price of a stamp.
		This coupon can be exchanged in a foreign post office for a postage stamp for international mail that can be used to reply to you.
		International reply coupons can be exchanged for one or more postage stamps or related items in all member states of the Universal Postal Union.
	www.post.be /site/en/letters/international/options/index.html (372 words)

	UPDATE!!! International Reply Coupon Information - Fly Tying
		purchase what is known as an "International Reply Coupon" - this 'coupon' is "pre-payment" from you to the receiver (swapper), to be used to return your package from the receiver's location, recognized internationally as redeemable for return postage from the foreign country.
		International reply coupons (IRCs) provide a convenient method for you to prepay replies from foreign countries.
		One coupon in the United States is exchangeable in any other participating member country for a stamp or stamps representing the minimum postage required for an unregistered airmail letter.
	www.flytyingforum.com /index.php?showtopic=6480 (605 words)

	History and Nature of Ponzi Schemes
		Ponzi noticed that the coupon he had received from Italy had been purchased in Spain and found that the reason for this was that the price in Spain was exceptionally low.
		In fact, the cost of the International Postal Reply Coupon in Spain, given the current exchange rate between the Spanish peseta and the dollar, was only one sixth the value of the U.S. postage stamps it could be traded for in the U.S. This seemed to be an extraordinary opportunity for arbitage.
		There were not enough International Postal Reply Coupons sold to enable Ponzi to pay the returns he promised.
	www2.sjsu.edu /faculty/watkins/ponzi.htm (1242 words)

	N6HB: An INTERNATIONAL REPLY COUPON Primer
		An IRC is a coupon that may be redeemed for airmail postage of a standard 20 gram letter anywhere in the world.
		You purchase a coupon locally, and enclose it in the envelope to your foreign correspondent.
		These newest IRCs also have a new look: two fingers about to touch, framed in a postage stamp, this image inspired by the famous Michelangelo work adorning the Sistine Chapel ceiling symbolizes the notions of communication and exchange that the International Reply Coupon represents.
	www.n6hb.org /s-a/irc.htm (700 words)

	International Reply Coupons
		Thirty three years later, during the 1906 Congress of the UPU in Rome, the concept of the International Reply Coupon was agreed upon.
		Another bird, with an IRC as the right wing (and as a postal money order form as the left one), was displayed on a Swiss stamps, issued in 1983 (Scott 9O14, Zumstein X UPU 14) for the official use of the International Bureau of the UPU.
		When the coupon is taken to the post office to be redeemed, it is postmarked again by the redeeming postal clerk, who then keeps it and provides the correct amount of postage.
	www.artonstamps.org /PASIC/Irc/irc.htm (338 words)

	History and Nature of Ponzi Schemes
		Ponzi noticed that the coupon he had received from Italy had been purchased in Spain and found that the reason for this was that the price in Spain was exceptionally low.
		In fact, the cost of the International Postal Reply Coupon in Spain, given the current exchange rate between the Spanish peseta and the dollar, was only one sixth the value of the U.S. postage stamps it could be traded for in the U.S. This seemed to be an extraordinary opportunity for arbitage.
		There were not enough International Postal Reply Coupons sold to enable Ponzi to pay the returns he promised.
	www.sjsu.edu /faculty/watkins/ponzi.htm (1242 words)

	Making Light: International reply coupons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		International reply coupons (IRCs) provide a convenient method for you to prepay replies from foreign countries.
		One coupon in the United States is exchangeable in any other participating member country for a stamp or stamps representing the minimum postage required for an unregistered airmail letter.
		IRCs are in fact a pyramid scheme or something of that nature, where you spend money now (way more than postage costs) in the hope that one day they will be worth something to somebody.
	nielsenhayden.com /makinglight/archives/005742.html (4033 words)

	International Reply Coupons IRC
		IRC's have been around for many years now and are used to "buy" postage stamps.
		In terms of today's UPU Convention, International reply coupons (IRC) are exchangeable in all member countries for the minimum postage of a priority item or an unregistered airmail letter sent to a foreign country.
		Although Post Offices are not obliged to sell IRCs, it is mandatory for Post Offices of the UPU member countries to exchange the coupons.
	www.para.org.ph /IRC (844 words)

	Sending the Membership Fee by International Reply Coupons.
		In fact, International Reply Coupons definitely do exist and are sold at most post offices in a very large number of countries all over the world.
		Secondly, whatever the country in which an I.R.C. is purchased, and whatever the country in which it is converted into postage, the I.R.C. invariably costs the purchaser somewhat more than it delivers to the recipient in terms of postage.
		After World War 2, when international mail order traders began to resume business and the world's first commercially conducted international penpal clubs came into being, it was a changed world in which the free inter-negotiability of a large number of the world's currencies had disappeared for a while.
	homepages.ihug.co.nz /~educator/irc.htm (420 words)

	Duff McKagan's RAW POWER - Official Fanclub
		If you would like a reply to your letters, please enclose either a self-addressed and stamped envelope (if you're in Germany) or an International Reply Coupon (if you live outside Germany).
		An International Reply Coupon can be purchased at any Post Office in any country in the world.
		You can then send the IRC to someone in another country who can cash it in at a Post Office there for a postage stamp covering the minimum rate for an Airmail letter (unregistered).
	www.duffmckagans-rawpower.com /contact.php (444 words)

	Glossary of Terms for the Collector of United States Stamps
		International Mail - mail sent from the United States to a foreign nation or sent from a foreign nation to the United States, as opposed to Domestic Mail.
		International Reply Coupon - a coupon sold by the post office that is redeemable by its recipient in a foreign country for return postage.
		International Vending Machine Company Perforations - perforations privately applied to imperforate flat plate stamps by the International Vending Machine Company for use in its vending machines.
	glossary.usstamps.org /glossary/glossary-page9.html (1735 words)

	Gibbons Stamp Monthly - Current industry news and reports
		The International Bureau of the Universal Postal Union is organising a competition to find a design for new International Reply Coupons that will become available in 2006.
		IRCs were first introduced in 1906 by the Universal Postal Union during its Congress in Rome.
		The theme of the design competition is ‘the postage stamp: a vehicle for communication’ and designs must be submitted to the Universal Postal Union, International Bureau, Markets Directorate, IRC Design Competition, Weltpoststrasse 4, 3000 Berne 15, Switzerland.
	www.gibbonsstampmonthly.com /storyprint.asp?sc=2382 (140 words)

	UPU rules on IRCs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The new international reply coupon (Beijing model 2), on sale from 1 July 2006, is valid for exchange until 31 December 2009.
		You should understand that currently the IRCs issued from 1975 to 2001 (in yellow colour) are exchangeable indefinitely according to the current UPU rules.
		However, this kind of IRC cannot be anymore exchangeable, in term of finances, between the postal administrations since 30 June 2006.
	www.ad1c.us /upu_rules_irc.htm (216 words)

	IUJ > Alumni Relations > General Services > Campus Services (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		700yen or five (5) International Reply Coupons* per address if the certificate(s) is (are) to be sent abroad.
		International Reply* Coupon (Coupon-Rponse International) An international* reply coupon is exchangeable in any Universal Postal Union country for one or more postage stamps representing the highest charge fixed for an unregistered letter of the first weight step sent by air to a foreign country.
		The coupons are sold at post offices that deal with international mail.
	www.iuj.ac.jp /web/iuj_section.cfm?item=050702 (384 words)

	INTERNATIONAL REPLY COUPONS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The receiving station can then take the IRC to his post office and exchange it for postage for the minimum air mail postage back to the sender.
		In most countries one IRC is sufficient for the minimal size envelope back to the sender.
		The current IRC cost $1.85 here in the US and have been available for purchase since the July-August 2006 time frame.
	www.dailydx.com /irc.htm (340 words)

	International Penfriends Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		International Penfriends (IPF) was establisfed in 1967 and has now grown to be the worlds largest penfriend club with over 300,000 members aged from 8 to 70 years in 210 countries.
		This system enables members to commence their penfriend hobby by writing introductory letters to the people on their list, and to receive surprise introductory letters from other members.
		There is a small fee payable to join the club which can be paid in most currencies or by using International Reply Coupons (obtainable from most Post Offices).
	www.iol.ie /ipf/ipf-info.htm (284 words)

	German International Reply Coupon 03/14/31 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Reply coupons were adopted at the 1906 Congress of the Universal Postal Union in Rome.
		Coupons were placed in use in some countries the next year.
		The coupon is postmarked, much like a money order, with the date and the selling post office.
	www.stampwhiz.com /031431.html (297 words)

	writing to Ireland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		An International Reply Coupon (IRC) is a coupon that is accepted anywhere in the world as a means of payment for sending a 20 gram letter anywhere.
		The person who you send them to can take the IRC's to their local post office, and trade them in for the equivalent amount of non-registered air mail postage.
		In the United States, each IRC is currently $1.05 and are purchased at your local post office.
	www.irishgenealogy.com /ireland/IRL-addresses.htm (260 words)

	American Philatelic Society -- Directories
		International Reply Coupons (IRCs) are a method to provide return postage to someone in another country.
		You can purchase a coupon from your post office and mail it to a person in another country who can then redeem it at their post office for postage to cover the basic international rate.
		The T is the international symbol for postage due with "T" as the abbreviation for the French word "Taxe." The amount due is usually expressed in French centimes and double this amount converted to the recipient country's currency.
	www.stamps.org /directories/dir_qna.htm (4420 words)

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